25 weeks and a little Hospital scare

We had a little scare this week and wound up admitted to the hospital. saturday through Tuesday I thought I might be having symptoms of a UTI, well Wednesday morning I woke up, drove to work, and KNEW something was wrong. My doctor unfortunately is in Spain this week (the one week of vacation he takes a year) so I didn't really have a choice but to go to the ER. When I arrived with my mom, they sent me immediately to Labor and Delivery where I had to sign papers giving permission to deliver my baby if necessary. My heart literally sank to my feet. I knew something was wrong but boy was that a hard signature to give. After urine tests and pain meds, I was admitted for a nasty kidney and bladder infection and kidney stones. The nurse on call freaked me out a little when she put me in a room where "many high risks pregnancies live for the rest of their pregnancy." Thank God Chuck was there with me during that time, cause I balled my eyes out saying to can't stay, I can't stay!! 

I was released about 32 hours later after I didn't need any more pain meds and had 24 hours of IV fluids and antibiotics. I was told the stones will most likely not come out or cause any more problems, but my kidney infections are a cause for concern for the rest of my pregnancy. 

I'm just so glad baby girls wasn't compromised in any of this. And the monitoring of her heart beat was just music to my ears. I could've listen to it all day long! 

How far along: 25 weeks

Gender: Girl!

Weight gain: this one is getting hard to answer. I'm up 13 lbs from pre pregnancy weight. 

Maternity clothes: yes! Obviously from the looks of this weeks picture, my favorite Hello sweatshirts officially look ridiculous on me! 
 

Stretch marks: none yet, but this bump is growing by the minute

Belly button in or out: in and disappearing 

Sleep:  sleep was non existent this week. Hospital beds and sleeping on my left side only is nearly impossible for me 

Best moment this week: probably seeing light at the end of the tunnel leaving the hospital 

Worst moment this week: one of the worst kidney infections I've had. I expected complications with my kidneys during this pregnancy, but I really didn't expect them this early. Just glad baby girl is ok

Miss anything: sleeping on my back and stomach for sure. My back hurts 

Movement: her moves are getting bigger and bigger. Felt a huge roll while laying down 

Cravings:  french bread pizza :) had 3 this week 

Queasy or sick: nope

Looking forward to:  the crib being delivered and assembled for us tomorrow! Pottery Barn literally comes in and sets it up in the nursery and removes all garbage. (I guess they better for the price!) 

24 weeks

How far along: 24 weeks

Gender: Girl!

Weight gain: plus 10 lbs.. ahhhhhh

Maternity clothes: other than dresses, I only wear maternity clothes
 

Stretch marks: still thankful to be able to say none yet

Belly button in or out: still in

Sleep:  sleep is getting HOT. We are AC snobs in our house, I've been turning it down to 66 to sleep!

Best moment this week: Feeling a full foot kick. It wasn't just a little jab, I could feel her foot in my hand. MAGICAL!

Worst moment this week:  Chuck getting the stomach flu. Poor thing. Just praying I don't get it now!

Miss anything: going with booze this week. I've never been a big drinker, but going out to dinner with friends and NOT being able to have a cocktail is kinda hard

Movement: above comment about full foot kick, still melting

Cravings: nothing specific. I've always had a wide range pallet, but sushi is still up there on my cravings I can't have

Queasy or sick: nope

Looking forward to: crib delivery! Since purchasing our home, nothing makes me more excited than a clean house, and new furniture!

One more thing, Happy First Fathers Day to this AMAZINGLY man, who will no doubt in my mind, rock at fatherhood! I love you to the moon and back, Chuck! 

23 WEEKS!

How far along: 23 weeks

Gender: Girl!

Weight gain: up 8 lbs now! The most I've ever weighed 

Maternity clothes: just loving summer maternity clothes. I seriously hate wearing pants
 

Stretch marks: none yet, but this bump is growing by the minute

Belly button in or out: in and getting shallow 

Sleep:  my boss bought me a Dohm white noise machine last week. I think it's helping, we don't hear the neighbors barking dog anymore

Best moment this week: registering for baby girl, ordering our rocker, and choosing a crib! Soo soo exciting

Worst moment this week:  nothing this week. Feeling so blessed

Miss anything: sleeping on my back and stomach for sure. My back hurts 

Movement: love answering this one this week! Chuck felt his first baby girl kick. Heart melted into a puddle

Cravings: still on the Fage yogurt kick, but eating quite a bit more ice cream too:) 

Queasy or sick: nope

Looking forward to: so many things. I'm loving all these feelings of excitement now that we're getting things accomplished. I'm so grateful to all our family and friends for everything they help us with 

Ready and Willing

New Found Glory.

A band I've loved since I was a "tweenager". A band who somehow always has the right words to say, and never fails to find the right time to show up on my Pandora, or my music playlist. 

NFG put out a new album last October called Resurrection. Every album I buy I immediately listen to the whole thing through and through and learn and love all the new songs. One song in particular hit some strong chords back in October. It was around this time I was losing hope for Chuck and I starting a family. Doctors appointments we're getting more and more disappointing and I couldn't bare to go to them alone anymore. This song, called Ready and Willing, though I'm not 100% sure what the band wrote it about (though the music video seems to be about when NFG signed and became famous, and I don't know how in the world they found such young kids to look like them for this video, haha), the meaning to me was obvious. I had been so ready for a family, I was so willing to risk it all. And instead of feeling defeated, I needed to be willing to keep going, because little did I know, my future had great plans.

"I’m ready and I’m willing to take you on. I’m ready and I’m willing to lose it all"
"When my back goes out, I’ll know I did it all, And have stories to tell.
When my eyes go bad, I’ll know I’ve seen it all, They’ll be light when my vision fails.
My legs will go bad, But I walked 5 continents, I won’t need to stand.
I hope this life I lived will wake you up, So you could do it again."


Now that we finally are able to look forward to a little girl of our own, these words have filled my heart with more meaning than you can imagine. I wasn't willing to give up then, and I'm NOT willing to give anything up for her now. Since day one Chuck has encouraged me to do the spontaneous, to think outside the box, to let "free will" take over. And its been a learning experience to let my nerves take a break and live life a little fuller. 

So after hearing these words for the first time in this song, I KNEW, we had to live this great life, full of love and adventure no matter what. Now I know, we have to live this great life, full of love and adventure, for her. 




Hope you tap your feet, or bang on your steering wheel, or scream these words with the windows down like I always do:

22 weeks

How far along: 22 weeks

Gender: Girl!

Weight gain: up 6 lbs still

Maternity clothes: yes I wear maternity clothes mixed in with my own, but dresses and skirts seem to be the most comfortable

 

Stretch marks: none, please please stay this way

 

Belly button in or out: still in, haha!
 

Sleep:  sleep seriously sucks, I'm so scared for the next 18 weeks cause I toss and turn so much already

Best moment this week: all the energy that showed up! I've been a machine after work I get so much stuff done!!

Worst moment this week:  ANOTHER bladder infection. Seriously, my doctor seems concerned, I now have to see him every 2 weeks.

Miss anything: Now that I've been able to drink coffee, and find some cooked sushi I like, the biggest thing I miss is sleeping through the night

Movement: this girl kicks constantly. As I'm typing this right now, she is kicking over and over and over again. My heart is so full
 

Cravings: don't know how it took me so long to try Fage greek yogurt, but turns out, it's delicious! I also really enjoy my 2 pieces of Dove milk chocolate at night!

Queasy or sick: Feeling great this week!

 

Looking forward to: registering for baby girl this weekend with Chuck and the help of my fabulous sister-in-law!